Topic: What I learned today! (Read 185711 times)

Esperath · « **Reply #2720 on:** November 29, 2013, 08:41:06 PM »

NHK is airing a 156-part series about Hanako Muraoka, the woman who translated Anne of Green Gables to Japanese.

Caithness · « **Reply #2721 on:** November 30, 2013, 01:36:26 AM »

That's more episodes than the Anne of Green Gables anime.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2722 on:** November 30, 2013, 01:57:08 AM »

I've never quite understood why that series/character are so popular in Japan.

Büge · « **Reply #2723 on:** November 30, 2013, 02:33:55 AM »

Quote from: Mongrel on November 30, 2013, 01:57:08 AM

I've never quite understood why that series/character are so popular in Japan.

Quote from: Wikipedia

Anne is described as bright and quick, eager to please, talkative, and extremely imaginative.

Plop her in a magical setting and she's a Miyazaki heroine.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #2724 on:** December 01, 2013, 05:01:45 AM »

Canadian Money smells like Maple Syrup.

Büge · « **Reply #2725 on:** December 01, 2013, 05:15:40 AM »

They do. Especially the $100 bills.

François · « **Reply #2726 on:** December 01, 2013, 05:16:35 AM »

I ain't smelling it. To me it's more like, the first time you open a music CD case after you unwrap it, so kinda print-y plastic-y I guess.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #2727 on:** December 01, 2013, 05:34:31 AM »

... do

do Canadian women's vaginas smell like maple syrup?

R^2 · « **Reply #2728 on:** December 01, 2013, 05:36:35 AM »

Quote from: Büge on December 01, 2013, 05:15:40 AM

They do. Especially the $100 bills.

American $100 bills could smell like fry oil or corn syrup or triple bacon double cheeseburgers on a bun made of grilled cheese sandwiches, and I'd never know.

Brentai · « **Reply #2729 on:** December 01, 2013, 05:50:58 AM »

Every fresh US Dollar just smells like sawdust.

François · « **Reply #2730 on:** December 01, 2013, 06:31:57 AM »

Quote from: Disposable Ninja on December 01, 2013, 05:34:31 AM

... do

do Canadian women's vaginas smell like maple syrup?

Yes but only because that's where we traditionally store it.

Joxam · « **Reply #2731 on:** December 01, 2013, 06:34:51 PM »

Actually the new 100 dollar bill is looking pretty pimp.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2732 on:** December 04, 2013, 07:34:13 AM »

For 20 years, the launch codes for all US nukes was '00000000'

President Scroob!

Thad · « **Reply #2733 on:** December 04, 2013, 03:27:52 PM »

Yeah, heard about that on NPR some years ago. The idea was pretty much "Fuck the chain of command, if the Russkies bomb us we want SOMEBODY to be able to pull the trigger."

It really is amazing we avoided nuclear annihilation.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2734 on:** December 04, 2013, 03:46:09 PM »

Quote from: Thad on December 04, 2013, 03:27:52 PM

"Fuck the chain of command, if the Russkies bomb us we want SOMEBODY to be able to pull the trigger."

I can only imagine this line being spoken in Buck Turgidson's voice.

Thad · « **Reply #2735 on:** December 05, 2013, 01:33:08 AM »

I probably wasn't consciously hearing his voice in my head when I wrote it, but yes, now that you mention it I'm sure that's exactly what I was thinking of.

The most ridiculous thing about Dr. Strangelove is that disclaimer at the beginning about how it could never happen.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2736 on:** December 06, 2013, 06:22:57 AM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit

Hey, I wanna try this now!

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #2737 on:** December 06, 2013, 07:11:55 AM »

Quote from: Mongrel on December 06, 2013, 06:22:57 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit

Hey, I wanna try this now!

I've heard about these. They apparently make lemons into the most delicious things on the planet.

Mongrel · « **Reply #2738 on:** December 06, 2013, 08:06:38 AM »

Well, I already like lemons, but I am interested in trying sweet lemons!

Mongrel · « **Reply #2739 on:** December 07, 2013, 06:53:28 AM »

Just how dependant the crucial early part of the Civil Rights movement was on Harry Belafonte's money. Man, it turns out Harry bankrolled a huge part of the movement.

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Belafonte supported the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and was one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s confidants. He provided for King's family, since King made only $8,000 a year as a preacher. Like many other civil rights activists, Belafonte was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He bailed King out of Birmingham City Jail and raised thousands of dollars to release other civil rights protesters. He financed the Freedom Rides, supported voter registration drives, and helped to organize the March on Washington in 1963.

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